Oct 20th 17: Bausa On Top – Miami Yacine's Album

BAUSA spends a second week at #1 with Was du Liebe nennst. So it is the sixth consecutive week with a #1 song in German. At the end of 2015 there were three songs in German holding eight consecutive weeks at the top: Astronaut by Sido Feat. Andreas Bourani, Lieblingsmensch by Namika and Schrei nach Liebe by Die Ärzte.

As Camila Cabello rise two further places to #5 with her Havana she now is more successful as a solo artist than with her group Fifth Harmony. Their best performing song Work From Home peaked at #7 in spring 2016.

Highest new entry comes from SA4. On Schnell machen he gots support of his mates from the 187 Strassenbande–so the track starts chart life at #11.

The album with biggest song chart impact is Casia by Miami Yacine which enters the album list at #4. As an effect his biggest hit Bon Voyage goes 34–21 and Montpellier jumps 58–39.


On the way up:
80–45 Whatever It takes by Imagine Dragons

July 21st 17: Miami Yacine Outsells 187 Strassenbande Beats Kollegah

No change at the top: Despacito holds firm a 13th week. Still it is the version featuring Justin Bieber that sells most copies so the honour goes to all three Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee plus Canadian Justin Bieber. 13 weeks at #1 bring the song under the twenty longest running #1 hits of all times. If one only count modern weekly chart issues Despacito belongs to the 11 longest running #1s.
Talking about #1 stats I have to add: There are two weeks more to go for Despacito to eclipse the result of predecessor Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran from the beginning of 2017.
Having these two long runners back to back we witness a situation last seen exactly 60 years ago! In 1957 it was Margot Eskens and her version of Cindy Oh Cindy that spent five complete months at the top or 150 days or 21 weeks and 3 days–which is the longest running #1 hit Germany ever had. Followed by the three months run at the top of Banana Boat by Harry Belafonte that year had 242 days with only two different songs topping the list. Right now the result of Shape of You and Despacito sums up to 196 days. With weekly changed charts of course instead of monthly issues.

As the Imagine Dragons rise a single place to #2 with Thunder it is the first time since January 2014 that the highest European production only ranks at #3. This week it is OK by Robin Schulz Feat. James Blunt that slides 2–3 in its ninth chart week.

As calm the single's chart look as sensational the album lust appears. At #1 the new Sampler 4 by 187 Strassenbande arrives. It is an all star collection of course providing heavily new tracks by Bonez MC and Gzuz. The Hamburg collective definitely is the new German rap nobility as it beats out the new Kollegah release Legacy that only ranks at #2. 12 months ago no one ever would suspect that.
On the other hand the Hamburg crew isn't the only player on the field at all. Dresden KMN Gang at least releases hit tracks in amounts–even this week Miami Yacine beats 187 Strassenbande with his new track Bon Voyage taht lands at #5. Millionär by the Hamburg gang is outsold at #6.

All in all there 41 songs in German inside the list–a feat last seen on December 18th 2015.

May 5th 17:

Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee (and Justin Bieber) spend a second week at #1 of the German charts. Doing so Despacito is the most successful #1 in Spanish since Las Ketchup's Ketchup Son (Aserejé) in summer 2002. So this hit is as epic as wikipedia tells.

Hidden #1 artist Justin Bieber has another top 10 entry as he is featured on the highest new entry I'm The One by DJ Khaled. It is his eighth top 10 appearance at all and so he is the biggest name on this collaboration. All other featured artists as there are Quavo (of MIGOS), Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne have their highest chart appearance with I'm The One starting at #7. Leading act DJ Khaled meanwhile celebrates his German chart debut.

Second Canadian inside the top 10 Alice Merton can climb three further places with No Roots and reaches the top 3.


Biggest gainer of the week jumps 41 places to #11. It is Kontrollieren the new offering by Hamburg Crew 187 Strassenbande credited in detail to Bonez MC | RAF Camora | Gzuz | Maxwell. Further down also Adel Tawil reaches top 20 status with Ist da jemand – first time since two years.
At #20 also Welshly Arms enter with Legendary. The title song of the Power Rangers movie rise 19 places in its fifth chart week. That move probably is caused by the announcement that the song is the next Beck's campaign anthem. We might see the song rising further the next weeks.